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Muscles posted...

Well not straight up, I was using that comparison for hyperbole, but I do think its still not a good way of determining someone's personality, there is so much more that goes into someone's personality. There is more than 16 different kinds of people in this world

It doesn't determine someone's exact personality. As you said, there is too much variation in people's personalities for that. It is however a good way to get a good picture of what someone is generally like. They tend to be accurate enough for that purpose. Categories serve all sorts of purposes. We use them to describe pretty much everything: people's political views, genres of music, cultural backgrounds, food groups, etc etc. If someone were to tell me they are a democrat or they only listen to country music, it tells me a little bit about that person. A personality test goes a bit deeper than that and actually has a scientific basis. 16 types of personalities is pretty broad. Try taking it. If anything for just a bit of fun and to see if you agree with the results.